preteens

A guide for young girls on family-related issues that covers parents, siblings, and problem solving; and describes activities to build family memories. Features tear-out coupons.

Provides advice for kids on how to deal with a variety of situations related to middle school, such as homework overload, problems with teachers, avoiding fights, getting a bad haircut, coping with cliques, and others.

Presents booktalks designed to help teachers increase their middle grade students' interest in reading nonfiction books that are arranged thematically in seven categories, including American journeys, people to know, animals, science, playing with words, and monsters.

A guidebook to help deal with changes in school, families, social lives, and bodies that come during the middle school years, with specific advice for a variety of situations.

Lou shares the high and low points of being twelve as she takes a few awkward steps into dating, plays matchmaker for her single mother, and discovers, along with her best friend Mina, that they may be outgrowing playing with dolls.

Explains how teachers and librarians can steer students to the literature they love by focusing on three key areas: knowing the readers, knowing the books, and knowing the strategies to motivate students to read.

Offers middle school librarians and teachers practical suggestions for reviving students' enthusiasm for reading, with ideas for workshops, activities, and literacy programs.

Abby is home sick when partners for the science fair are picked; when she gets back, she finds her partner is a boy. Abby has to find a way to work with him.

A collection of more than one hundred stories, poems, and other writings presented to inspire and comfort children ages 9-13.

A collection of more than one hundred stories, poems, and other writings presented to inspire and comfort children ages 9-13.